Shipping Your Items To Cyprus

 

Once you purchase an apartment in Cyprus, you will be eager to begin shipping your personal items to your new Cyprus address and start enjoying life on this beautiful, sunny island. Before you begin packing, it is best to make arrangements with a shipping company to set a date of pickup and delivery.

While shipping your items by sea cuts the expense, shipping by air allows you to move into your apartment just after purchasing. Some people have been known to pack up their family car with their belongings and sail into Limassol from UK ports including: Southampton, Bristol, Hull and Liverpool. This allows them to have the items they will need immediately while waiting for the rest of their belongings to arrive weeks later.

When hiring a company to ship your items to Cyprus after you purchase an apartment, it always helpful to hear customer recommendations. If you have friends or family who recently moved to Cyprus, they may be able to assist. Web forums, created and run by those who have moved to this sun-drenched island, may also be able to offer shipping advice. To find these popular chat forums you can simply use a popular search engine to locate one, register and start asking questions. Who knows better than someone who has already been there.

Once you have determined how you will be shipping your items to your new apartment in Cyprus, it is time to concentrate on packing your belongings. Remember these points:

1. Jump start your packing by boxing up items not needed well in advance, this will cut down on the stress of packing quickly in only a few days.
2. Pack properly to protect your belongings from damage. Bubble wrap anything that is breakable and consider taking precious items with you during your trip over instead of shipping them.
3. Avoid over-packing boxes or making them to heavy for one person to lift
4. Wrap fragile items individually with bubble or foam wrap
5. On the outside of each box, place a label which describes the box’s contents as well as which room in your new apartment it relates to
6. Line each of your packing boxes with paper or foam wrap to offer further protection from damage
7. To protect wooden floors and furniture from scratches, remove staples from packing boxes. Replace with heavy duty tape.
8. Always secure boxes well with a durable packing tape
9. Glass-covered pictures and mirrors should be wrapped in blankets before being stored in flat cartons or picture boxes.
10. Never pack important documentation with your items. These should travel with you to Cyprus rather than with a shipping agent.
11. Stack boxes against walls to create clear paths for movers
12. On moving day, double-check your home after the moving truck has been filled for any items which may have been overlooked.

Shipping your items to Cyprus once you purchase an apartment may seem a daunting task, however if it is planned well, you and your possessions will soon be basking in the Cypriot sun.